Pure historical
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Pure historicals are Doctor Who stories that are set in in a historical time period and feature no science fiction anachronisms other than the TARDIS team. These stories were highlighted by Philip MacDonald in the article "A Foreign Country" in DWM 194.
Pure historicals were common in televised Doctor Who until The Highlanders in 1966. The only pure historical since then was Black Orchid in 1982.
The Time Meddler was the first "pseudo-historical" story with the Monk serving as the science fiction anachronism.
List of pure historicals
Television
| Title | Doctor | Era | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Unearthly Child | 1st | 100,000 BC | 23 November–14 December 1963 |
| Marco Polo | 1289 | 22 February–4 April 1964 | |
| The Aztecs | After 1430 | 23 May–13 June 1964 | |
| The Reign of Terror | 1794 | 8 August–12 September 1964 | |
| The Romans | 64 | 16 January–6 February 1965 | |
| The Crusade | 1190s | 27 March–17 April 1965 | |
| The Myth Makers | 1200 BC | 16 October–6 November 1965 | |
| The Massacre | 1572 | 5–26 February 1966 | |
| The Gunfighters | 1881 | 30 April–21 May 1966 | |
| The Smugglers | 17th century | 10 September–1 October 1966 | |
| The Highlanders | 2nd | 1746 | 17 December 1966–7 January 1967 |
| Black Orchid | 5th | 1925 | 1–2 March 1982 |
Mini-episodes
| Title | Doctor | Era | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel | 11th | 1990s | 23 March 2013 |
| The Doctor's Meditation | 12th | 1138 | 15 September 2015 |
Comics
| Title | Doctor | Era | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backtime | 3rd | 1863 | 2 October-13 November 1971 |
| Who is the Stranger | 3rd | c. 1940-1944 | 10 February 1973 |
| Perils of Paris | 3rd | 1880 | Summer 1974 |
| Woden's Warriors | 4th | ??? | 1 September 1975 |
| Treasure Trail | 4th | 1944 | 20 March- 1 May 1976 |
| The Sky Warrior | 4th | 16th century | 1 July 1977 |
| Doctor Conkerer! | 7th | 5th or 8th century[1] | 14 June 1990 |
| The Submariners | 10th | 1944 | 19 February 2009 |
| They Think It's All Over | 11th | 966 | 25 May 2011 |
| The Doctor Shops for Comics | 11th | 1923 | 12 August 2015 |
Novels
Short stories
Audio dramas
Footnotes
- ↑ In the original printing of DWM 162, this story is dated to the 5th century. This was changed to the more historically accurate 8th century in The Mark of Mandragora.
